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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 64

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LXIV.—The Bishopric.

Then Peter said: “If you are afraid of this,

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do

not

be

called

Ruler

,

but

The

Appointed

One

,

the

Lord

having

permitted

you

to

be

so

called

,

when

He

said

,

‘

Blessed

is

that

man

whom

his

Lord

shall

Appoint

to

the

ministry

of

his

fellow

-

servants

.

’

But

if

you

wish

it

to

be

altogether

unknown

that

you

have

authority

of

administration

,

you

seem

to

me

to

be

ignorant

that

the

acknowledged

authority

of

the

president

has

great

influence

as

regards

the

respect

of

the

multitude

.

For

every

one

obeys

him

who

has

received

authority

,

having

conscience

as

a

great

constraint

.

And

are

you

not

well

aware

that

you

are

not

to

rule

as

the

rulers

of

the

nations

,

but

as

a

servant

ministering

to

them

,

as

a

father

to

the

oppressed

,

visiting

them

as

a

physician

,

guarding

them

as

a

shepherd

,

—

in

short

,

taking

all

care

for

their

salvation

?

And

do

you

think

that

I

am

not

aware

what

labours

I

compel

you

to

undertake

,

desiring

you

to

be

judged

by

multitudes

whom

it

is

impossible

for

any

one

to

please

?

But

it

is

most

possible

for

him

who

does

well

to

please

God

.

Wherefore

I

entreat

you

to

undertake

it

heartily

,

by

God

,

by

Christ

,

for

the

salvation

of

the

brethren

,

for

their

ordering

,

and

your

own

profit

.

Notes

1
Luke xii. 42.